NYCC: David Goyer Talks Da Vinci's Demons Season 2

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By Scott Collura

David S. Goyer took the stage today at New York Comic-Con’s Starz Networks panel, along with the cast of his series Da Vinci's Demons. Things began with a trailer for Season 2 of the show, which you can watch below:

The “untold” story of Leonardo da Vinci during his early days in Renaissance Florence, Goyer’s show was a hit for Starz when it debuted earlier this year. Season 2 returns in the spring of 2014, and Goyer was joined by series stars Tom Riley (da Vinci), Laura Haddock (Lucrezia), Greg Chillin (Zoroaster), Blake Ritson (Girolamo Riario), and new cast member Carolina Guerra (who plays an Inca warrior) to talk about where the show is headed.

In Season 2, Florence is in shambles after the events of last year. Da Vinci continues his search for the legendary Book of Leaves while trying to learn the truth about his mother. But new challenges and dangers face him that make the mean old Pope Sixtus from Season 1 seem like nothing. Of course they do!

During the panel, Goyer was asked about the “action hero-ing” of da Vinci that the show has done. The writer-producer responded that even centuries ago, da Vinci was mythologized by others, with him being depicted as being able to bend bars for example. So this show is just continuing a trend…

The writers do try to track with what was happening historically as well. After the events of Season 1, history tells us that the Pope excommunicated every citizen of Florence. “So it gets a little crazy politically,” Goyer said in what seems like something of an understatement. “One of the things we do [this season] is the story breaks into four different strands and it ping-pongs a bit before realigning at the end.” That includes pairing the characters up in a way that we didn’t necessarily see in the first season.

Regarding Guerra’s new character, she’s a high priestess from the Inca Empire. According to the actress, she’s essentially royalty -- the most powerful woman in the Inca hiearchy. And it sounds like a portion of the S2 will take place in Peru, actually. A visual effects scene was already shot there, and Goyer says “a good chunk of the season” will also be set there.

-When asked about his character’s love life, Riley said the following: “I think poor Leonardo is always fascinated by the most impossible things. It’s the far more deep, impossible things. And that includes love.” (And yes, he laughed after he said that.)

-Goyer promised a flashback episode that will delve into Lucrezia and her father and how they got into the situation that they did.

-The inclusion of Dracula last season proved popular enough that Goyer says “there will be some other ‘historical’ figures who we will meet in the second season.” Raise your hand if you’re hoping for the Wolf Man.